RICHARD A OPPEL Jr | NYT Syndicate A TRAINED sharpshooter firing from atop the University of Texas Tower in 1966 introduced many Americans to mass casualty attacks, but almost all of the large-scale shootings since then including Sandy Hook and Orlando have taken place at ground level with the gunman killing from relatively close range.

UT Students, Faculty on Timing of Campus Carry Law, by Alana Rocha and Justin Dehn - A new law allowing concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons on state university campuses statewide takes effect Monday, the same day that marks 50 years since a student opened fire from the University of Texas Tower.

It examines tactics, equipment, organizational preparedness, and operational execution to identify what was successful or ineffective in historical cases like the Texas Tower, the Los Angeles Police Department SWAT raid on the Black Panther Headquarters, the Munich Massacre, Operation Magic Fire, the Iranian Embassy incident, the Waco compound standoff, the mass shooting at Columbine High School, and the Christopher Dorner murders and manhunt.

The company chief executive officer, J Cameron Drecoll, said, 'While this quarter's results reflected the challenging global economic slowdown and tightened credit markets, as well as higher costs to ramp up operations, the period was also marked by the launch of production at our new Abilene, Texas tower plant and continued market share increase.

Southwestern University has a similar Texas tower tradition, with graduating seniors who have contributed to the senior class gift invited to climb a narrow spiral staircase to sign their names on the Cullen Building's tower room walls.

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